Cork or stopper of bottles



(No Model.)

R. T. NESBITT.

CORK 0R STOPPER OF BOTTLES. I No. 261,949. PatentedAu g. 1, 1882.

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, tray attached, is then replaced on the-'bottle,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT H. T. NESBITT, OF LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

CORK OR STOPPER OF BOTTLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 261,949, dated August1, 1882.

Application filed May 16, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ROBERT E. '1. Nnsm'r'r, of the city of Leavenworth,in the countyof Leavenworth and State of Kansas, have invented a new anduseful Improvement; in the Corks or Stoppers ofBottles used forVendingTooth-P0wders,\vl|ichimprovemcnt'is fully set forth in thefollowing specification and accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa sectional view of the top part of a bottle with my improvementattached. A is a tray for receiving the tooth-powder, and into which thetooth-brush for nsing't'he powder fits. B is the cork or stopper,with agroove in the upper part, in which the tray is fastened by the means ofcement or screws. 0 represeats a bottle containing tooth-powder. Fig. 2is a cross-sectional view of A, B, and Q. Fig. 3 is to represent a corkor stopper, made of rubher or metal, to screw onto the top of atoothpowder bottle. Fig.4 is to represent a seetional view of a cork orstopper with a square tray attached. 7

In using, the cork or stopper to which the tray is firmly attached isremoved and asufficient quantity of the tooth-powder poured from'thebottle into the tray. The cork or stopper,with

and the tooth-brush is filled by beingfirmly pressed on the powder inthe tray, the toothbrush having been previously moistened.

The object of this invention ist-o obviate the difficulty which isexperienced'in' the use of tooth-powders in not having a convenient andready receptacle into which to place sufficient of the tooth-powder forimmediate use; also, to provide a convenient method'by, which thetooth-brush can be filled,and saturated with the powder without dippingthe tooth-brush into the bottle or the necessity of using anothervessel.

By dipping a wet tooth-brush into the bottle containing thetooth-powderthe moisture from the brush to a greater or less extent spoils thepowder remaining in the bottle, cansing it to adhere to the bottle, andforminginto a pasty mass the particles of the tooth-powder that aresoluble in or affected by water. This is entirely avoided by thisinvention. Another advantage is the cleanliness attendant upon the useof tooth-powders by the use of my invention. The tray can be readilycleaned immediately after its use. Another important advantage ispresented in the fact that, the tray being replaced on the bottle atterbeing supplied with tooth-powder, the tooth-brush can be firmly pressedupon and filled with'the tooth-powder, and thus the full benefit of thetooth-powder realized. This cannot be done by dipping the brush into thebottle or by sprinkling'the brush with the powder from the bottle.

It is obvious that the tray may have round corners or square, as shownin the drawings, Figs. 1 and 4, respectively. The tray may be made ofmetal, glass, wood, or other suitable material, and fastened to the corkor stopper of the same or other material. The tray may be a part of thecork or stopper.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The cork or stopper having in its upper end a horizontal tray,substantially the shape of and adapted for the insertion of atooth-brush, substantially as shown and described.

R. H. T. NESBITT- Witnesses:

G. F. W. DASSLER, F. T.'BROWNE.

